Water-closet structure



(No Model.)

W. s. COOPER. WATER CLOSET STRUCTURE.

No. 385,169. Patented June 26, 188B.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM S. COOPER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WATER-CLOSET STRUCTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,169, dated June 28- (No modeLl To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. COOPER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in \VaterGloset Structu res, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide for hinging the seat, or theseat and lid, of a wetercloset directly to the earthenware bowl of thesame, and this object I attain in the manner hereinafter described,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1isaside view ofpartofa water-closet bowl and part of the lid and seat ofthe same, showing the method of hinging the same to the bowl. Fig. 2 isa sectional plan on the line 1 2, Fig. 1; and Fig.- 3 is a rear view,partly in section.

Inthe drawings I have shown the hinge at one side of the bowl only, asthe hinge at the opposite side of the same may be constructed in aprecisely-similar manner.

A represents part of the bowl of the closet, having at the rear uppercorner a projecting lug, a, in which is formed an opening for thereception of the shank b of a hinge-plate, B, the opening being recessedfor the reception of suitable cement, (1, whereby the shank of the plateis firmly retained therein.

On the plate B are, in the present instance, two inwardly projectingpins, fand g, and to the pin f is adapted an eye, in, forming part of aplate, at, secured tothe seat D of the closet, the pin 9 being adaptedto an eye, a, forming part of a plate, a, secured to the lid F, said ping being at such distance above the pin f as is required by the thicknessof the lid F.

By the means described both the seat and the lid are hung directly tothe bowl without the necessity of providing a special support for eitherof the said parts.

\Vhere great strength is desired, the projection a may extend from sidetoside of the bowl, and the shanks b of the hinge-plates may belengthened accordingly.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of an earthenwarewater-closet bowl, a lid or seat therefor, and a hinge having one partsecured to said lid or seat and the other part secured directly to thebowl, all substantially as specified.

2. The combination of an earthenware water-closet bowl, with a seat andcover both hinged directly to the bowl, all substantially as specified.

3. The combination ofthe earthenware bowl of a water-closet, having arecess therein, a plate having a shank adapted to and secured withinsaid recess, and a seat or lid hinged to said plate, all substantiallyas specified.

4. The combination of the earthenware bowl of a water-closet, having arecess thereimwith a hinge-plate having a shank adapted to and securedwithin said recess, and with a seat and lid both hinged to saidhinge-plate, the axis of the lid-hinge being in a higherplane than thatof the seat-hinge, all substantially as specified.

5. The combination ofthe earthenware bowl of a water'closet, having arecess therein, a plate having a shank adapted to and secured withinsaid recess, and two laterally-projecting hinge-pintles, one of which isin a higher plane than the other, a seat hung to the lower pintle, and alid hung to the upper pintle, all substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

VVM. S. COOPER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM D. OoNNER, HARRY SMITH.

